97 cases registered under IT Act in 2015

Cyber criminals seem to be getting active in city while cops too are not much behind in booking them. In 2015, 97 cases were registered under Information Technology (IT) Act while Mumbai continued to be on top with 933 such offences.Soumitra Bose | TNN | January 18, 2016, 09:13 IST

NAGPUR: Cyber criminals seem to be getting active in city while cops too are not much behind in booking them. In 2015, 97 cases were registered under Information Technology (IT) Act while Mumbai continued to be on top with 933 such offences.

City police chief SP Yadav told reporters last week that cops had been conducting awareness drives regarding cyber crimes and how to tackle them. "There were not many offences registered under IT Act in 2014 but it has taken an upswing in the last year due police's efforts to raise awareness among the citizens," he said. Yadav said that citizens were encouraged to come forward to report online abuse.